Box inside abandoned car prompts highway closures

9:24 AM,
Feb. 28, 2014

Written by

J.D. Gallop
| FLORIDA TODAY

A precautionary search of an abandoned rental car turned up a power saw inside a box and several shotgun shells in the trunk, according to Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

A Brevard County Sheriff's bomb squad robot cleared the four-door Nissan Altima rental at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, several hours after the rental car company called to report that the vehicle may have been abandoned.

Deputies arrived about 5 p.m. and found the car parked at a BP gas station on U.S. 1 near the intersection of State Road ...